Edmonton police say they continue to see cases of “extreme speeding,” as traffic volume has gone down over the past few weeks due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Edmonton Police Service said Friday there’s been a “significant increases in speeding incidents” in recent weeks. The roads have been quieter as measures to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus are keeping more people at home.
In the past two weeks alone, police said more than a dozen tickets were issued to drivers caught going more than 40 kilometres an hour over the posted speed limit.
In one case, police said a vehicle was clocked at 119 km/h in a 50 km/h construction zone on Groat Road near Emily Murphy Park.